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Herb: "There was apparently a technical glitch which precluded people linking from Huckleberries to my somewhat derisive post re: the Vagina Monologues. While I suspected the editorial elves in Spokane, since my link and blog were blocked, I have been informed that that is not the case. Since it has been restored, and you can now reach here thru the S/R, I have to assume that whatever went wrong was at my end. I also believe in the tooth fairy. I in troubleshooting, was able to link to other blogspot sources, and since I was careful to eliminate the obvious, have come to the conclusion that the editorial staff in Spokane might have slipped a troll into the picture. In the future, I will try to be more resectful, sirs..."

DFO: You're jumping at shadows here, Herb. And to test that theory, I'll provide a link directly to the edgy comment here. If it goes down again, we'll have to start looking for suspects. BTW, we're looking for gremlins, not a blog troll. A blog troll is someone who haunts a site, posting flames that stir up other posters.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.